pretty well

idiom

informal
: not completely but mostly
I'm pretty well fed up with him.

Examples of pretty well in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There was no consensus No. 1 pick in the 2020 Draft, but Anthony Edwards – who drew several comparisons to Michael Jordan during this year’s playoff run – has turned out pretty well for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2024 As rough as Skubal’s past two starts have been, his body of work — through 15 starts — appears to stack up pretty well against at least the past five AL Cy Young winners. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2024 Compared with human overlords, the dogs would treat us pretty well. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024 Their idea is not to do a lot of things pretty well; their idea is to do one or two things perfectly. Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for pretty well 

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“Pretty well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pretty%20well. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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